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You Should Have Seen Her

You really should She may have wrinkles now – and stretch marks She may frown more than she laughs She may not see you as a gift from God No longer be moved by your youthful charms She may appear to be yesterday A mere trickle of the fountain of youth A faint memory ofContinueContinue reading “You Should Have Seen Her”

The Good Ones

What principles define how you live? Kindness, inclusion, respect, consideration, thoughtfulness, gentleness, understanding, tolerance. Which is why I find this world so hard to tolerate From having to hit the car horn if someone dares to want to share a road with you, or refuse to move out of your way instantly in a trafficContinueContinue reading “The Good Ones”

I’m Old?

I’m writing this down because I’m old I know the rules I mustn’t think that I could remember these words Because I’m past it Over the hill On the long slippery slope To happiness Finally You though I was going to say something else Admit to being a has-been Admit that the world has passedContinueContinue reading “I’m Old?”

Who Am I?

Too tempting not to use the book cover to illustrate this poem about the life-long search for self, that is so much fun. Far from age taking things away from you, it gives you so much more. You feel free to be who you are, do as you wish (taking others into consideration of course,ContinueContinue reading “Who Am I?”

Wrinkles

Photo by Nashua Volquez-Young on Pexels.com These fingers have bent a million times And this face has creased into thousands of expressions The lines around my eyes arose from Crying at sadness Laughing with joy Wincing at the unkindness of the world And squinting through headaches and bright sunshine This saggy chin has dipped downContinueContinue reading “Wrinkles”